Saying stations hadn’t taken ‘reasonable steps’ to meet DTV conve...
Saying stations hadn’t taken “reasonable steps” to meet DTV conversion deadline, FCC Media Bureau denied deadline extensions for 36 TV stations. In separate action, it approved 33 other extensions. Bureau said extensions weren’t justified for 36 stations and “admonished”…
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them for failure to meet deadline. It gave them until Dec. 1 to get DTV on air and required them to submit progress report within 30 days. Stations that don’t meet Dec. 1 deadline could face fines or eventually loss of license. Of stations admonished, 19 are owned by Trinity Bcstg., 5 by Libco. Most of rest are small or single-station owners. One of big ones is Hearst- Argyle-owned NBC affiliate KCRA-TV Sacramento. Latest batch of extensions includes 3 Paxson stations, several satellite stations.